1984: China has survived the
severe cultural purging of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the
1960s. Opened to the West in the 1970s because of President Nixon's visit in
1972, China is now trading with the West and incorporating some small
democratic and economic reforms.

Today: In 1989, students demanding
greater economic and civil rights reforms protested in Tiananmen Square in
Beijing and were gunned down by Chinese troops. China continues to trade with
the West, but...